Barhiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barhiya plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barhiya followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Bihar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Barhiya ranked 139th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1367th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Adet, Ethiopia
• Baneshwar, Bangladesh
• Mambasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Liaquatpur, Pakistan
• Khemis Miliana, Algeria
• Fatsa, Turkey

In new street additions, Barhiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Adet built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Liaquatpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Barhiya became progressively more disconnected, while Adet became progressively more disconnected and Liaquatpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Barhiya had a more connected network than Adet in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.